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Porsche Panamera GTS hits the track prior to start of U.S. sales

February 13, 2012

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Here's a quick video of former World Rally Champion and Porsche test driver Walter Röhrl flogging a Panamera GTS at the Ascari circuit in Spain.

We don't get a listed lap time, and Röhrl might be taking it a bit easy, but we do get the sweet sound of the Panamera's 4.8-liter V8 from inside the car. We can tell that he gets from pit exit to pit entrance in less than two minutes.

Röhrl looks relaxed in street clothes, with no helmet or harness. Still, this is the same man who hustled the Porsche Carrera GT around the Nürburgring in 7 minutes, 28 seconds flat, so we can forgive him for being a bit sedate around the 3.37-mile Spanish track.

This is just one last tease before the 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS goes on sale in the United States this spring. It will arrive with 430 ponies under the hood and 384 lb-ft of twist. The all-wheel-drive GTS puts power to the wheels with a seven-speed, dual-clutch automatic transmission and will cost $110,875.

Our Barry Winfield drove the 2013 Porsche Panamera GTS. Check out the full story in the Feb. 20 issue of Autoweek magazine.